John Heard
Birthdate
March 7, 1945 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Date of Death
July 21, 2017
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
March 7, 1945 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Date of Death
July 21, 2017
Known For
Acting
Biography
John Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was an American actor. He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991). Other films include The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Big (1988), The Pelican Brief (1993), White Chicks (2004), and his role as the lead protagonist (Kevin McCallister)‘s father, Peter, in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). From 1995 to 1997, he played the role of Roy Foltrigg in the television series The Client. From 2005 to 2006, Heard played the role of Governor Frank Tancredi in Prison Break. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest-starring as Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004).
John Heard's LGBTQ+ Titles
A Perfect Ending
Mason Westridge
Counting for Thunder
Garrett Stalworth
Acting (162)
20 Questions (1 episode)
2019
The Movies That Made Us as Self (figure) (1 episode)
2019
Imprisoned
2018
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as George (archive footage)
2018
Living Among Us as Andrew
2018
Buoyancy as Frank
2018
The Tale as William P. Allens
2017
Last Rampage as Blackwell
2017
Pray for Rain as Markus Gardner
2017
Searching for Fortune as Michael Denton Sr.
2017
APB as Joe (1 episode)
2016
MacGyver as Arthur Ericson (1 episode)
2016
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? as Sheriff Parsons
2016
So B. It as Thurman
2016
After the Reality as Bob
2016
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero as JP Monroe
2015
Counting for Thunder as Garrett Stalworth
2015
The Murder Pact as John LaSalle
2015
Boiling Pot as Tim Davis
2014
The Nurse as Frank
2014
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as Lawyer (1 episode)
2014
Animals as Albert
2014
Witches Blood as Himself
2014
Sister
2014
Boys of Abu Ghraib as Sam Farmer
2014
Warren as Jack Cavanee
2013
The Insomniac as Paul Epstein
2013
Adam Devine's House Party as Dregory (1 episode)
2013
Torn as Detective Kalkowitz
2013
Runner Runner as Harry Furst
2013
Snake & Mongoose as Wally Parks
2013
Sharknado as George
2013
Assault on Wall Street as Jeremy Stancroft
2013
Would You Rather as Conway
2013
Whisper Me a Lullaby
2012
Elementary as Henry Watson (1 episode)
2012
Perception as Congressman Evan Rickford (2 episodes)
2012
A Perfect Ending as Mason Westridge
2012
Stealing Roses as Walter
2012
The Legends of Nethiah as Nethiah's Father
2011
Person of Interest as Congressman Roger McCourt (1 episode)
2011
Too Big to Fail as Joe Gregory
2010
The Truth as Jonathan Davenport
2010
Gravity as B.C. (3 episodes)
2010
Formosa Betrayed as Tom Braxton
2009
Little Hercules as Coach Nimms
2009
Modern Family as Gunther Thorpe (1 episode)
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles as Michael Thomas (3 episodes)
2009
Southland (2 episodes)
2008
P.J. as Dr. Alan Shearson
2008
Generation Gap as Principal Winters
2008
The Lucky Ones as Bob
2008
Justice League: The New Frontier as Ace Morgan
2007
The Great Debaters as Sheriff Dozier
2007
Battlestar Galactica: Razor as Commander Barry Garner (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Cavemen (13 episodes)
2007
Dead Lenny as Dr. Robert Hooker
2007
Brothers Three: An American Gothic as Father
2006
The Guardian as Capt. Frank Larson
2006
Gamers as Gordon's Dad
2006
Steel City as Carl Lee
2005
Sweet Land as Minister Sorrensen
2005
Tracks as Prison Warden
2005
Prison Break as Frank Tancredi (7 episodes)
2005
Edison as Tilman
2005
The Deal as Professor Roseman
2005
The Chumscrubber as Officer Lou Bratley
2005
Locusts as Peter Axelrod
2005
Numb3rs as Peter Houseman (1 episode)
2004
My Tiny Universe as Bobby
2004
Battlestar Galactica as Commander Barry Garner (1 episode)
2004
Jack & Bobby (4 episodes)
2004
White Chicks as Warren Vandergeld
2004
Mind the Gap as Henry Richards
2003
Word of Honor as Dr. Steven Brandt
2002
Hack as Paul 'Webster' Ballinger (1 episode)
2002
CSI: Miami as Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne (4 episodes)
2002
The Pilot's Wife as Jack Lyons
2002
Monday Night Mayhem as Roone Arledge
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Larry Wiegert (1 episode)
2001
O as Dean Brable
2001
The Big Heist as Richard Woods
2001
The Boys of Sunset Ridge as John Burroughs
2000
Animal Factory as James Decker
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Roger Ridley (1 episode)
2000
Pollock as Tony Smith
2000
The Wednesday Woman as Bill Davidson
2000
The Photographer as Marcello
2000
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder as Larry Mason (2 episodes)
2000
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder as Larry Mason
2000
The Witness as Gregor
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peter Sipes (1 episode)
1999
Desert Blue as Prof. Lance Davidson
1999
Freak Weather
1999
The Sopranos as Vin Makazian (5 episodes)
1999
The Pact as Jerome Carver
1998
Snake Eyes as Gilbert Powell
1997
Men as George
1997
Executive Power as Walker
1997
One Eight Seven as Dave Childress
1997
Silent Cradle as Dr. Britain
1996
My Fellow Americans as Vice President Ted Matthews
1996
Before and After as Wendell Bye
1995
The Client as Roy Foltrigg (21 episodes)
1995
The Outer Limits as Paul Stein (1 episode)
1994
Because Mommy Works as Ted Forman
1994
Spoils of War as Andrew
1993
Me and Veronica as Frankie
1993
The Pelican Brief as Gavin Vereek
1993
In the Line of Fire as Professor Riger
1993
There Was a Little Boy as Gregg
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Peter McCallister
1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Dan Lawn - State of Alaska
1992
Waterland as Lewis Scott
1992
Gladiator as John Riley
1992
Radio Flyer as Daugherty
1991
Deceived as Jack
1991
Rambling Rose as Older Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer
1990
The End of Innocence as Dean
1990
Awakenings as Dr. Kaufman
1990
Home Alone as Peter McCallister
1990
Law & Order as Mitch Burke (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Walter Grobman (1 episode)
1990
Mindwalk as Thomas Harriman
1989
Cross of Fire as David 'D.C.' Stephenson (2 episodes)
1989
Virtuoso as Michael Johnson
1989
The Package as Col. Glen Whitacre
1988
Beaches as John Pierce
1988
Betrayed as Michael Carnes
1988
Big as Paul
1988
Necessity as Charlie
1988
The Seventh Sign as Reverend
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War as Charlie Bloom
1988
The Telephone as Telephone Man
1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Johnny Boy (voice)
1987
Out on a Limb as David Manning (2 episodes)
1985
The Trip to Bountiful as Ludie Watts
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bill Callahan (1 episode)
1985
Tender Is the Night as Abe North (6 episodes)
1985
The Equalizer as Ron Parrish (1 episode)
1985
After Hours as Tom the Bartender
1985
Heaven Help Us as Brother Timothy
1984
Best Revenge as Charlie
1984
Tales from the Darkside as Billy Malone (1 episode)
1984
Too Scared to Scream as Sid
1984
Miami Vice (1 episode)
1984
C.H.U.D. as George Cooper
1984
Kate & Allie (1 episode)
1984
Violated as Skipper
1983
Legs as Dan Foster
1983
Will There Really Be a Morning? as Clifford Odets
1982
Cat People as Oliver Yates
1981
Cutter's Way as Alex Cutter
1980
Heart Beat as Jack Kerouac
1979
Chilly Scenes of Winter as Charles
1979
The Scarlet Letter as Arthur Dimmesdale (4 episodes)
1978
On the Yard as Juleson
1978
Rush It as Byron
1977
First Love as David Bonner
1977
Between the Lines as Harry
1975
Valley Forge
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Harvie (1 episode)
Crew (1)
2017
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
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